Ballon d’Or 2025 nominees: Full list including Ousmane Dembele, Lamine Yamal and Mohamed Salah

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The nominees for the 2025 Ballon d’Or have been announced, with PSG duo Ousmane Dembele and Vitinha leading the 30-player nominations alongside Barcelona starlet Lamine Yamal.

PSG’s treble-winning season and maiden Champions League win means that members of Luis Enrique’s squad dominate the nominations, with 10 players nominated including Dembele, Vitinha and midfield partner Fabian Ruiz and full-back duo Nuno Mendes and Achraf Hakimi.

A pivotal role in PSG’s treble-winning season means Ousmane Dembele is the early favourite to win the Ballon d’Or (Getty Images)

Mo Salah and Cole Palmer headline the Premier League contingent, with the former producing a record-setting season as he led Liverpool to a record-equalling 20th top-flight title while Palmer was instrumental to Chelsea’s victorious Club World Cup campaign.

Barcelona’s domestic double and impressive Champions League run sees Raphinha and Pedri nominated alongside emerging star Yamal, while Scott McTominay is one of the new names on the nomination sheet, with the former Manchester United man having led Napoli to a Scudetto with 12 goals and six assists in Serie A.

McTominay's key role in Napoli's Serie A title win means he earns a first nomination — McTominay’s key role in Napoli’s Serie A title win means he earns a first nomination (Getty Images)

The women’s award – known as the Ballon d’Or Feminin – is dominated by players belonging to Euros finalists England and Spain, with 10 nominations between the two.

Unsurprisingly, Euro winners England have three nominees, including captain Leah Williamson, Chloe Kelly and Alessia Russo, who is among the favourites after also leading Arsenal to a second win in the Women’s Champions League.

Two-time Ballon d’Or winners Alexia Putellas and Aitana Bonmati – the current holder – are among the favourites, with Patri Guijarro and Esther Gonzalez among the other Spanish players to earn a nomination.

Aitana Bonmati is bidding for a third straight Ballon d'Or — Aitana Bonmati is bidding for a third straight Ballon d’Or (Getty Images)

The Ballon d’Or ceremonies takes place at the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris on 22 September, with the main gongs presented alongside awards for the best young player (known as the Kopa Trophy), the best goalkeeper (the Yashin Trophy) and the best men’s and women’s coach and clubs.

Here is the list of men’s nominees in full:

Ousmane Dembele (PSG)

Vitinha (PSG)

Fabian Ruiz (PSG)

Nuno Mendes (PSG)

Achraf Hakimi (PSG)

Gianluigi Donnarumma (PSG)

Desire Doue (PSG)

Joao Neves (PSG)

Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (PSG)

Lamine Yamal (Barcelona)

Raphinha (Barcelona)